Better that 100 witches should live
Subtitle: the 1696 acquittal of Thomas Maule of Salem, Massachusetts, on charges of seditious libel and its impact on the development of first amendment freedoms
By: James Edward Maule.
Contributors: Maule, Thomas, 1645-1724.; Maule, Thomas, 1645-1724.; Maule, Thomas, 1645-1724.; Maule, Thomas, 1645-1724.; Maule, Joseph Randolph.
Publisher: Jembook Pub. Co.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Villanova, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 687
Subjects: Maule, Thomas, 1645-1724 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Trials (Seditious libel) -- Massachusetts -- Salem; Freedom of speech -- United States -- History
Other titles: Better that one hundred witches should live
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 665-672) and index.
Table of contents: title: appendix 1. Truth held forth and maintained : according to the testimony of the holy prophets, Christ, and his Apostles recorded in the Holy Scriptures / Thomas Maule. 1695; title: appendix 2. Nevv-England pe[r]secutors mauled vvith their own vveapons / by Tho. Philathes; title: appendix 3. An abstract of the letter to Cotton Mather of Boston in New-England / by T.M. 1701; title: appendix 4. For the service of truth / by Philalethes, or Lover of Truth. T.M. 1703; title: appendix 5. Basis for the Maule characterizations in the romance, the House of the seven gables / by Joseph Randolph Maule. 1954.